PHOTO GALLERY: ASU Graduation, May 11, 2013

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Kara Bird flashes a hand symbol to someone in the crowd as she mounted the steps to receive her diploma.

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Angelo State University students look for their families Saturday morning as they make their way to their seats during the morning commencement ceremony.

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Alexandra Eleni Hademenos decided to “boot it up” with a fellow education graduate at Angelo State University’s commencement.

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Graduating seniors stand during the singing of the National Anthem at ASU’s graduation ceremony.

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(From left) Roxann Wester, Chuy Martinez and Gabby Luna cheer on friends and members of the Student Social Work Association, with homemade signs. Group members made 36 signs that they handed out to the graduates after the ceremony.

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A nursing student has her decorated mortar board adjusted while she and other ASU students prepare for Saturday morning’s processional.

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ASU students file into the Junell Center and scan the crowd for family and friends.

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Aracely Zapata, who graduated magna cum laude from ASU May 11, laughs at something said near the back rows of graduates.

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ASU graduates begin to search for family and friends outside the Junell Center after commencement May 11.

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Johne Tribble reacts as she introduces Angela Howell to her family after Saturday morning’s graduation ceremony. Howell, office coordinator with the university’s history department, said Tribble had been a student assistant the past three years.